Re-creating Ghana | 2024
T3: NATURAL RESOURCE TRANSFORMATION
Ghana must become the real owners of Ghana's wealth
Ghana has been blessed with an abundance of natural resources. There is enough under the ground we are walking on daily, to make Ghana one of the richest countries in the world.
Unfortunately, due to the past agreements, signed between successive Ghanaian leaders and their foreign partners, most of our thirty-four million Ghanaians receive only a very small part of this wealth. Most of it goes to foreigners and big elders who signed the agreements.
The Natural Resource Transformation will change this. A PAG Government will transition the ownership of Ghana's natural resources to Ghanaians and will justly reward foreigners for their skills and expertise. Ghanaians will become the rightful owners and beneficiaries, at last, of all the wealth that we have in this country.
We will turn our abundant resources in technical, financial and environmental areas to make the release of wealth from our land a positive and enriching experience for all the thirty-four million Ghanaians to share in equally.
"Every year, the vast majority of Ghana's natural wealth is stolen. The country is among the largest exporters of gold in the world, yet - according to a study by the Bank of Ghana - less than 1.7 percent of global returns from its gold make their way back to the Ghanaian government. This means ..."
